Post-Construction Monitoring Study for the Crescent Wind Project Hillsdale County, Michigan

Fritchman, C.; Ciecka, A.; Pickle, J.; Kuzler, F.; Murray, C. (2024). Post-Construction Monitoring Study for the Crescent Wind Project Hillsdale County, Michigan. Report by Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST). Report for Consumers Energy.

@techreport{Fritchman-2024-2082825,
author = {Fritchman, C and Ciecka, A and Pickle, J and Kuzler, F and Murray, C},
title = {Post-Construction Monitoring Study for the Crescent Wind Project Hillsdale County, Michigan},
institution = {Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST)},
year = {2024},
month = {jan},
address = {Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA},
url = {https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-01/crescent-2023.pdf},
keywords = {Wind Energy, Land-Based Wind, Collision, Bats, Birds},
}

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TY - RPRT
TI - Post-Construction Monitoring Study for the Crescent Wind Project Hillsdale County, Michigan
AU - Fritchman, C
AU - Ciecka, A
AU - Pickle, J
AU - Kuzler, F
AU - Murray, C
AB - Consumers Energy (Consumers) operates the Crescent Wind Project (Project) in Hillsdale County, Michigan. The Project began operating in February 2021 and consists of 60 wind turbines with a total generating capacity of 166 megawatts. This report details the compliance monitoring studies conducted in 2023, consistent with the Year 1 post-permit standardized monitoring outlined in the Project’s Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for Indiana bat and northern long-eared bat (Covered Species). While the Project’s Incidental Take Permit (ITP; ESPER0626970) was issued July 5, 2023, turbines operated with blades feathered under a cut-in speed of 3.5 meters per second from April 1 to May 14, 2023, and under a cut-in speed of 5.0 meters per second from May 15 until October 15, 2023, as outlined in the Project’s HCP. This report presents the results of the first year of compliance monitoring conducted under the ITP.
CY - Hillsdale County, Michigan, USA
DA - 2024/01//
PY - 2024
PB - Western Ecosystems Technology Inc (WEST)
UR - https://www.fws.gov/sites/default/files/documents/2025-01/crescent-2023.pdf
LA - English
KW - Wind Energy
KW - Land-Based Wind
KW - Collision
KW - Bats
KW - Birds
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Consumers Energy (Consumers) operates the Crescent Wind Project (Project) in Hillsdale County, Michigan. The Project began operating in February 2021 and consists of 60 wind turbines with a total generating capacity of 166 megawatts. This report details the compliance monitoring studies conducted in 2023, consistent with the Year 1 post-permit standardized monitoring outlined in the Project’s Habitat Conservation Plan (HCP) for Indiana bat and northern long-eared bat (Covered Species). While the Project’s Incidental Take Permit (ITP; ESPER0626970) was issued July 5, 2023, turbines operated with blades feathered under a cut-in speed of 3.5 meters per second from April 1 to May 14, 2023, and under a cut-in speed of 5.0 meters per second from May 15 until October 15, 2023, as outlined in the Project’s HCP. This report presents the results of the first year of compliance monitoring conducted under the ITP.